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RT HONORS 2009 – Rebuilding Together is proud to announce that David Merrick, of Merrick Design and Build, is the 2009 recipient of RT Honors. Mark your calendars and join us as we thank David for all of the ways in which he supports our organization! The RT Honors reception will be April 1st from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at the VisArts Center in Rockville. To RSVP, please email Lee-Berkeley Shaw at lshaw@rebuildingtogethermc.org. If you or your company would like to sponsor this event or make a gift in David’s honor, click here. REMINDER - UPCOMING TRAININGS: The House Captain Training is this weekend, February 21st, at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville. It begins at 8:30am. House Captains and House Ambassadors are required to attend. Next weekend, February 28th, RTMC will lead our Homeowner and Ambassador Training, beginning at 9am, also at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church. Adopt a House for Project Day ’09! –RTMC still seeks 20 House Sponsors for this spring and summer. If your company, organization or faith based community would like to sponsor a home in April, please let RTMC know! Contact Lee-Berkeley at lshaw@rebuildingtogethermc.org. Urgent Need for Cribs: A Wider Circle has received more than a half dozen calls in the last week from agencies that can no longer find or provide basic items for young mothers and their babies. Fortunately, A Wider Circle has been able to respond with cribs, changing tables, strollers, etc., but anticipates that the need far exceeds their current supply. Cribs and all baby items can be dropped off at A Wider Circle's Center for Community Service located at 9159-C Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For questions or to schedule a pick-up of items that can not be dropped off, please contact their office at: 301-608-3504. Fire Safety in the home –Safety in the home is one of the important goals of RTMC, so we would like to share a segment on Fire Safety brought to us by the TODAY show and Montgomery County Interim Fire Chief Richard Bowers. The purpose of the segment was to show residents how to respond to house fires in order to ensure safety of families members. The segment can be seen on the Montgomery County website blog at: http://mcfrs.blogspot.com/2008/12/surviving-house-fire.html
RT HONORS 2009 – Rebuilding Together is proud to announce that David Merrick, of Merrick Design and Build, is the 2009 recipient of RT Honors. Mark your calendars and join us as we thank David for all of the ways in which he supports our organization! The RT Honors reception will be April 1st from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at the VisArts Center in Rockville. To RSVP, please email Lee-Berkeley Shaw at lshaw@rebuildingtogethermc.org. If you or your company would like to sponsor this event or make a gift in David’s honor, click here. HOUSE SPONSORS 2009: RTMC is proud to recognize our 40 sponsors for our Spring Project Days, April 25/26th. Many thanks to you all for your support of our families in need:
Adventist Healthcare Ashton United Methodist Church Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School Bethesda Church of Christ Bethesda Kiwanis Bethesda Presbyterian Church Christ Church Episcopal Christ Congregational Colesville Presbyterian Church Dakota Consulting Daro Realty DG Liu Contracting First Baptist Church GCAAR Georgetown Preparatory School Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Grace United Methodist Church Helping Hands Holy Cross Church IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) JML Remodeling Manor Woods Church of Christ Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union Modi & Friends Neelsville Presbyterian Church Oak Chapel United Methodist Church OBA Bank Olney Lions Club O’Rear & Friends Potomac Presbyterian Church Potomac Valley Brick Rockville United Church Saint Mark Presbyterian Church Sandy Spring Bank Sandy Spring Lions Club Sears Holdings St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Temple Beth Ami/Shaare Torah Trinity Lutheran Church Washington Grove United Methodist Church New Grants: RTMC is pleased to report on new funding opportunities:
Online Social Networking Comes to RTMC –RTMC has both a group and a cause on Facebook for those who share their interest in our work or would like to donate to help Montgomery County families in need. Join our group and cause, and spread the word! Get More From Your Travels: You can support RTMC as you vacation with your family or travel on business. RTMC has a partnership with YTB Travel, a website comparable to expedia or orbitz, but where RTMC receives 40% of the commission on booked travel. By booking your vacations or business travel on our site, you are supporting RTMC at no additional cost to yourself! For more information, go to http://www.ytbtravel.com/rebuildingtogether. We at RTMC know that these are difficult times. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated by RTMC, thank you! RT National Call to Action for Rebuild 1000 –Interested Affiliates are called upon to gather volunteers from the community for a National work week in the gulf. The cost per volunteer is $150, but covers housing, food (3 meals per day), and daily transportation to work sites. RT National is offering a skilled trades scholarship of $500 to volunteers. Please follow the link below for a list of work weeks –the greatest need is for the week of March 8-14 in Acadiana, LA. http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/section/initiatives/drr or contact Erin Lawless at elawless@rebuildingtogether.org RT Valley of the Sun pairs up with NBA All –Stars for a day of Service –Over 200 NBA volunteers joined RT Valley of the Sun on February 13th for the NBA CARES All –Star Day of Service. The volunteers worked in the Central City South neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ, revitalizing 5 homes. The relationship between Rebuilding Together National and the NBA CARES began in 2008 with a trip to New Orleans where volunteers gathered to help repair the homes of families in the Holy Cross neighborhood. HGTV and Rebuilding Together Pair Up Again – Along with the support of Rebuilding Together, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), HGTV’s initiative - Change the World. Start at Home –is starting the New Year off by choosing two of eight group homes of U.S. Veterans to be rehabilitated. Each of the homes is located in eight different cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Tampa. Follow this link and vote for your favorite home: HGTV.com/changetheworld . Voting will be open until March 2nd. However, for the remaining 6 homes not chosen, HGTV will still donate $5,000. RT National Media –The RT National Video has received an additional award, the Accolade Merit Award for non –profit videography. The first award received for the national video was the International Ava Gold award for non –profit videos. The Accolade Awards are given to non –profit videos that have expressed their work in a creative and distinct manner. If you have not had a chance to preview the video, click on the link below: http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/content/multimedia/detail/3451 Volunteer Opportunities: We are looking for a few good men (or women!).
Ways to Give: RTMC thanks you for all the ways you participate in our program!
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